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Are populist radical right (PRR) parties the only alternatives for
voters seeking restrictive and assimilationist outcomes? Or is a
mainstream choice available? Popular opinion and social media
commentaries often criticize mainstream parties for facing in the
same liberal and multicultural direction. Literature on parties and
elections equally suggests a convergence of policy positions and
the disappearance of any significant differences between parties.
This edited volume is an attempt to challenge such perceptions and
conclusions. By systematically coding manifestos for seventeen
mainstream and six PRR parties in Western Europe, the book explores
positional differences between mainstream and niche contenders over
three key elections between 2002 and 2015. The findings indicate
more choice than initially expected, but these restrictive and
assimilationist options are usually in close proximity to each
other and typically less intense than those of the PRR. This can
help explain the continuous growth of the PRR despite the presence
of a mainstream alternative. Yet party system dynamics also matter.
Contributing authors thus investigate a number of arguments in the
precarious relationship between mainstream parties, the electorate
and the PRR, as well as between different mainstream parties.
Are populist radical right (PRR) parties the only alternatives for
voters seeking restrictive and assimilationist outcomes? Or is a
mainstream choice available? Popular opinion and social media
commentaries often criticize mainstream parties for facing in the
same liberal and multicultural direction. Literature on parties and
elections equally suggests a convergence of policy positions and
the disappearance of any significant differences between parties.
This edited volume is an attempt to challenge such perceptions and
conclusions. By systematically coding manifestos for seventeen
mainstream and six PRR parties in Western Europe, the book explores
positional differences between mainstream and niche contenders over
three key elections between 2002 and 2015. The findings indicate
more choice than initially expected, but these restrictive and
assimilationist options are usually in close proximity to each
other and typically less intense than those of the PRR. This can
help explain the continuous growth of the PRR despite the presence
of a mainstream alternative. Yet party system dynamics also matter.
Contributing authors thus investigate a number of arguments in the
precarious relationship between mainstream parties, the electorate
and the PRR, as well as between different mainstream parties.
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